Shloka 17
Muñjavān on Himavat: Maheśvara’s abode, Śiva-stuti, and sacrificial gold
Chapter 8
गिरिशाय प्रशान्ताय यतये चीरवाससे । बिल्वदण्डाय सिद्धाय सर्वदण्डधराय च
giriśāya praśāntāya yataye cīravāsase | bilvadaṇḍāya siddhāya sarvadaṇḍadharāya ca
ગિરિશ—પર્વતવાસી પ્રભુને; પ્રશાંતને; ચીરવસ્ત્રધારી યતિને નમસ્કાર. બિલ્વદંડધારી સિદ્ધને; અને સર્વ રીતે દંડધારી—શાસનના ધારકને પણ નમસ્કાર.
संवर्त उवाच
Educational Q&A
The verse frames spiritual authority as grounded in inner peace and disciplined renunciation: the revered figure is praised not for worldly power but for tranquility, ascetic restraint, and the capacity to uphold dharma through daṇḍa—symbolic of moral and social order.
Saṃvarta utters a reverential invocation, offering salutations to a mountain-dwelling, ascetic, perfected figure—identified through epithets as Śiva—highlighting his austere marks (bark clothing, staff) and his role as upholder of discipline.